16.25

J: Sam Coen

8/1

Form: 5-6978 CD

Last run: 156 days

W: 10st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 81

Form & Verdict

3-37 on turf; handles most ground but best when the mud is flying, just as it was last year for his C&D win at this meeting off 82; 1lb lower now and won off 89 last November; off since April but can go well fresh; has to be considered under promising 10lb claimer.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
5th 4 (16)	15th Oct 2026 Yielding 0m 7f 0y	17:07 Curragh Mickey The Steel 9st 11lb J: Luke McAteer T: Joseph Anthony Murray	Frequent runner at this venue, 1-22, placed six times; overall record 6-67, placed 21 times; has been showing consistent form, winner and third at Dundalk on either side of third behind Givehertilxmas at Bellewstown.	10/1
3rd 4 (8)	30th Sep 2026 Yielding To Soft 0m 7f 205y	15:15 Bellewstown Mickey The Steel 9st 11lb J: Rory Mulligan T: Joseph Anthony Murray	Stayed 7f well when scoring at Dundalk, but 1m on easy ground may not be ideal; has never gone this far in 65-race career.	9/1
1st 10 (9)	18th Sep 2026 Standard 0m 7f 0y	18:30 Dundalk (AW) Mickey The Steel 9st 6lb J: Rory Mulligan T: Joseph Anthony Murray	Soft-ground sprinter stays this far nowadays; won his maiden here, but has avoided this venue for nearly three years and hasn't won for nearly two; good placed form on turf this term.	15/2

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5th

(16)

15th Oct 2026

Yielding

0m 7f 0y

17:07 Curragh

9st 11lb

J: Luke McAteer

Frequent runner at this venue, 1-22, placed six times; overall record 6-67, placed 21 times; has been showing consistent form, winner and third at Dundalk on either side of third behind Givehertilxmas at Bellewstown.

10/1

3rd

(8)

30th Sep 2026

Yielding To Soft

0m 7f 205y

15:15 Bellewstown

9st 11lb

J: Rory Mulligan

Stayed 7f well when scoring at Dundalk, but 1m on easy ground may not be ideal; has never gone this far in 65-race career.

9/1

1st

(9)

18th Sep 2026

Standard

0m 7f 0y

18:30 Dundalk (AW)

9st 6lb

J: Rory Mulligan

Soft-ground sprinter stays this far nowadays; won his maiden here, but has avoided this venue for nearly three years and hasn't won for nearly two; good placed form on turf this term.

15/2

5th

4 (4)

J: Gary Carroll

9/1

Form: 200548 D

Last run: 11 days

W: 9st 5lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 71

Form & Verdict

Grand servant is 13-81 on turf; likes it here and shaped well at Navan on his penultimate start off 76; poor effort there latest behind a couple of these but now down to a workable mark of 71; however, all thirteen of his wins have come on good or quicker so this ground has to be a big worry.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
9 (10)	19th May 2026 Good 0m 5f 0y	17:42 Cork Only Spoofing 9st 7lb J: Rory Cleary T: Kevin Thomas Coleman	Hardy veteran has won fourteen races on turf, all on good and good to firm ground, but handles an ease; is 15lb lower than when winning at Musselburgh last year and didn't run badly at Bellewstown (5f, soft) on latest; could go well.	10/1
6th 5 (13)	11th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 0m 5f 3y	17:55 Bellewstown Only Spoofing 9st 9lb J: Rory Cleary T: Kevin Thomas Coleman	Likeable veteran won for the fourteenth time at Musselburgh (5f, good) last April and is 13lb lower now; showed some spark when a 2l fourth at Dundalk on penultimate and was third over this C&D (soft) off 5lb higher in October; can't discount.	14/1
8th 7 (5)	20th Mar 2026 Standard 0m 5f 0y	16:37 Dundalk (AW) Only Spoofing 8st 13lb J: Rory Cleary T: Kevin Thomas Coleman	Attractive handicap mark, but veteran's 14 wins have come on turf; 0-11 on AW but his 2l fourth over 6f here last time is a reason for hope, as is the drop back to 5f now.	6/1

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19th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 0y

17:42 Cork

9st 7lb

J: Rory Cleary

Hardy veteran has won fourteen races on turf, all on good and good to firm ground, but handles an ease; is 15lb lower than when winning at Musselburgh last year and didn't run badly at Bellewstown (5f, soft) on latest; could go well.

10/1

6th

(13)

11th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

0m 5f 3y

17:55 Bellewstown

9st 9lb

J: Rory Cleary

Likeable veteran won for the fourteenth time at Musselburgh (5f, good) last April and is 13lb lower now; showed some spark when a 2l fourth at Dundalk on penultimate and was third over this C&D (soft) off 5lb higher in October; can't discount.

14/1

8th

(5)

20th Mar 2026

Standard

0m 5f 0y

16:37 Dundalk (AW)

8st 13lb

J: Rory Cleary